>ask a while back if HK is worth it for 60 day stint>concerned I'll run out of things to do but mainly focus on gym, food, and some studies>Concerned about the costs bring up Taiwan as an alternative post a small place in Taipei for 550/mo>Overwhelmingly: LOL TAIWAN SUX LOL 550 CRAPHOUSE NO GIRL WANT THAT HK ALL DA WAY :)Holy fuck do you faggots even travel? I live in a fucking cube which is just barely enough to work in, no where near enough to make food properly, Thankfully I at least got it with a shared room so I can usually stretch. After 3 weeks there is fuck all to do, any event requires an unusually high level of work to get a ticket or up pay for trip.com shit. The no the nature walks are not remotely kept up as you see, supposedly the hiking season only gets good AFTER I leave when the dry season kicks in. Everything is so fucking expensive yes even the street food "deals" I feel like I am back in Norway with buying.People are the worst, anyone white is old dumb and fucking hates americans on a level of triggered I only thought pol memes are. No one knows how to walk on the street, randomly stopping for no reason infront of you or just start walking at the crossing during traffic to get hit? meh stfu gweilo.Probably the funniest/most fun daily thing is people blasting such blatant AI scams or apps to everyone you can't help but admire.
>>2915490>Taipei for 550/moYou in particular are retarded with money so you should go to places with a low ceiling on cost of living. The floor for cost of living in Hong Kong isn't that high, but the ceiling is ultra high. I was a little interested in it before, but the women who I meant from there are ugly and they seethe if you speak mandarin even though they suck at english so it's a hard pass. Don't know why you would go there over the mainland at this point
>>2915490Just go to the PRC, forget being stuck on a small place like HK for 60 fkn days.
>>2915492Not possible really with my visa.>>2915491>cheap 1br with a window view in taipei for 550/mo>you are bad with moneyHow in the space time continuum did you draw up that conclusion?Picrel on what I was looking at, seems like fucking heaven compared to the bullshots and AI updated shit of HK. Picrel seems like a fucking luxury compared to what I get for ~900 in HK AND have to pay electricity because every place charges
Picrel was the best deal around while still being on the train lines, man it fucking blows.>inb4 lol airbnb fag kek I know sikret place that charges me 300/mo gave them a good handshake and firm look in the eye, only rule is I help teach english for 5 seconds once a week :)
>>2915495>>2915494if you're restricted to english, you can find cheaper places in the anglosphere and still bang asian chicks because all of them came for cock and speak english too. if you are restricted to aircucknb because you dont know how to find local listings, guess you have to go to shithole countries.In the end everything is fair. Your punishment for being retarded is that you have to live with the retards.
>>2915495Real Travelers find a place to stay AFTER they arrive, not before.
>>2915497Where did I say I was traveling for the purpose of women? Besides why would you not go to their place or a hotel, usually far more convenient, oh this date is going well? Alright I'll whip up booking.com on my phone and in 5 minutes have a hotel to walk around the corner for the night big deal. >heh doesn't know the local )So tired of this shit, every time this comes up anons just make up random BS. I remember pressing people when I first started living in Asia on tips, every fucking conversation goes from "well it's 250/mo" to "Oh yeah I had to pay all utilities... oh and they wanted a month insurance... oh and I had to pay some stuff for a cleaner before moving out oh and the place was kinda mid" and we end up debating like 1-4 dollars a day of savings. Big deal, the cost is not the main issue it's the value and security of it.>>2915498Cool, amazing not all of us care to have some retarded title compared to a verified and reviewed roof over our heads after a flight.
>>2915490>After 3 weeks there is fuck all to doHonestly, that's actually a compliment. Most people say there's nothing to do after 1-2 weeks. 3 weeks is pretty high praise.
>>2915499Good. Airbnb will continue collecting 16% commission from timid little cucks like you who are scared shitless of figuring things out on your own.
>>2915507Without rain it would have been 2 weeks >>2915508Okay? I don't mind paying a little more if it means I have a third party to oversee the transactions, and be on my side for shit being ass. I know the costs going in, if I don't see a good deal I'll look elsewhere like FB marketplace or what not. Airbnb is just convenient to use and provides value to me. This seems like a salty host problem more than a guest booking issue.Why do people never understand that most individuals are willing to pay more if there is a value incentive to do so
>>2915509>Why do people never understand that most individuals are willing to pay more if there is a value incentive to do soBecause it's brokiecope. Too poor to just browse and book so they have to walk around for hours, days, to find a place they can settle for and fits their budget.
>>2915511>broke cope>willing to pay more money for something so long as it provides valueuhhh, I see that /trv/ has no fucking idea about things stillPost proof of your claims
>>2915499>Besides why would you not go to their place or a hotel, usually far more convenient, oh this date is going well? Alright I'll whip up booking.com on my phone and in 5 minutes have a hotel to walk around the corner for the night big deal.ok virgin.>"well it's 250/mo" to "Oh yeah I had to pay all utilities... oh and they wanted a month insurance... oh and I had to pay some stuff for a cleaner before moving out oh and the place was kinda mid"The utilities are more than $650? sure bud. Cleaning fee is only aircucknb tards>verified and reviewedThe only way to verify it is yourself in person.>>2915511Time isn't money, money is time. You have two weeks out your cage so you might as well splurge. Me cutting my costs in half is me turning a 2 year vacation into a 4 year one. You can't comprehend that because you're a cog in a machine. If the government took away your job and gave you UBI you'd lose your mind, because you're born to be a slave.
>>2915515>The utilities are more than $650? sure bud. was just an example, never heard of 250/mo in HK for anywhere even the shittiest hostels I stayed in. The point is most stories are completely false or forget a ton of important info>Cleaning fee is only aircucknb tardsyou know they changed that right? it's cooked into the final price
>>2915515>Time isn't money, money is time. You have two weeks out your cage so you might as well splurge. Me cutting my costs in half is me turning a 2 year vacation into a 4 year one.Why not just have enough money for the four year trip with app booking convenience as well? Don't need to choose one or the other.
>>2915517>The point is most stories are completely false or forget a ton of important infomost stories are real, you're just a retard who restricts yourself to a random arbitrary platform that no local has ever heard of and only exists to rape paypigs.>you know they changed that right? it's cooked into the final priceno i didnt, and i dont care. havent used aircucknb in like 5 years, and it was for night in the US. took a flight to a new city, looked at a room, they did a credit check that night and i signed the lease next morning.>>2915518Thanks, but due to having free time, I'm not retarded, so fortunately I can afford not to pay the retard tax. Would rather have 8 years instead of 4 in that case.
>>2915515>ok virgin.This is poorfag posting at it's finest, I don't know about you but most women don't mind doing a hotel stint. You're not dating lol, besides I'd rather fuck in a hotel that doesn't have my work PC and other valuables there. Girls don't mind a hotel either lmao this is virgin shit.>Me cutting my costs in half is me turning a 2 year vacation into a 4 year one. I work abroad so who cares
>>2915519>most stories are real, you're just a retard who restricts yourself to a random arbitrary platform that no local has ever heard of and only exists to rape paypigs.Okay, sure great. What's the point then if everyone is happy with what they got this means jack shit. Why is /trv/ so hyper focused on "kek didn't get it at a nickle? enjoy being a chud pushover" 1000/mo is less than a 1/4th of my paycheck. I like the peace of mind simply flying out to a country with a place booked, where it is, and people reviewed the stay rather than "random ass non reviewed possibly crazy landlord" situation. If you want to jump up and down because you saved a few bucks a day congrats. > took a flight to a new city, looked at a room, they did a credit check that night and i signed the lease next morning.You took a credit check hit to fucking stay in a country for 60 days? ACTUAL retard.Constant reframing and goalpost moving from the OP's topic, I'm beginning to think /trv/ hates airbnb/vrbo kinda shit because they left places trashed and got charged excess.
Taiwan is probably better but you have to put up with their retarded attitude
>>2915520>wage cage, but portable>c-c-can we go back to your place p-p-please...?>>2915521out of one side of your mouth you're boasting and bragging about how much money you have and out of the other you're screeching and crying about how little you're getting for how much you're paying. you can be a paypig if you want, but if you're not happy paying the retard tax then simply don't. we tell you how to get around it, but you cover your ears and refresh aircucknb and then keep paying, and then you come on here and cry after. none of us have a problem with what you're doing. we all like to watch a retard fumble and scream. it makes us feel better about ourselves as we go on with our day.
>>2915519>Would rather have 8 years instead of 4 in that case.So pay for the convenience for 8 years instead of 4 lol what's the problem. You just need more money.
>>2915530Would rather have 16 years instead of 8 in that case.
>>2915524>>c-c-can we go back to your place p-p-please...?You've never had to deal with women then or you just suck and date poors in a 3rd world. Saying "oh yeah my hotel is right around here actually" is a no brainer to anyone who gets laid outside hookers. You're spending what 20-50 bucks extra for a one nighter? If you're seeing the same girl a few times in the same place, sure going back to your place is fine. The OP is pretty clear it's not a gooning situation, so bringing this shit up is just reframing the question as was pointed out.why is this place always a thing about sex as a way to reframe if your travel is valid or not
>>2915540only a poor in the 3rd world would be impressed by some faggit who lives at a hotel. you are removing their plausible deniability and they will feel like a slut at the invitation. and you already proved you dont deal with women by saying you can always "go to their place". most women live with their mom or family, the ones that dont usually have pets or other dumb shit in their house
>>2915565>only a poor in the 3rd world would be impressed by some faggit who lives at a hotelWhere the fuck did you extrapolate that it's a flex? This is like actually talking to a virgin or person who's never had sex organically and only paid for an escort. It has nothing to do with "showing off" about a hotel you retard.>most women live with their mom or family, the ones that dont usually have pets or other dumb shit in their houseLMAO holy shit you are literally only basing shit off SEA thirdworld shitholes. Most any woman I've hung out with has their own place. holy lol this board sometimes
>>2915511You also look at an app when you're hungry and want to eat something, or if you're horny and want to find a girl. The perfect techslopped goybrain, you literally can't function IRL without your apps holding your hand. Meanwhile we find a place we might like, examine it firsthand on 20+ different criteria, then once we're satisfied with the value & desirability of what we're getting, we put money down.
>>2915515lol what a pretentious faggot>>2915521this board is known to host lifes biggest losers. "real travel" is the only things these lonely manchildren have to their ego and purpose in life. Absolutely useless in any other genre of life. Example = >>2915524>>2915691who is this we? Is that your pronoun faggot? You are a single lonely man not an entire board of friends you fucking dork.
>>2915691>be at airport>fire up airbnb>look at a few places in the budget and needs>scroll through a few photos to confirm it's good>read some reviews to ensure it matches>look at location on maps to see if some good nightlife and things around>use CC offer to get 5% off booking, gain points as well>transfer money to CC so I don't get interest chargesYeah man, that shit is sooooo fucking bad compared to booking a random ass hotel then burning a day or two more to go check out apartments IRL, do paperwork possibly to ensure you can stay, and go in completely blind to possible noise issues other people could have informed you about.I really wish I knew why /trv/ has such a hateboner for airbnb, like yeah I get it there is a bit of an upcharge but you know that going in. Is it because it just reminds people others travel for extended periods of time or are people mad they got a bad review for leaving the room a dumpster chris chan tier mess and had to pay for excessive cleaning/damage?Like you know most people just do Airbnb because it's convenient and support usually sides with you the guest if you can provide some simple pictures of the issue. I had them basically offer me a 50% refund when I was locked out of my unit(PW lock expired) and the host was unreachable for like 8 hours, was well over 75% of my stay and comped my utils. If I had done a local landlord they would have just shrugged at me.
>>2915668>Most any woman I've hung out with has their own place.Nobody has their own place in HK. Just a fact of life there.
